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Resolution and Discovery at Opunohu Bay
Captain Cook in the Island of Moorea, Tahiti, September 30, 1777

14 x 18 in. lithograph on canvas - 100 edition (10 AP hand enhanced)

Upon entering Moorea's Opunohu Bay, Captain Cook judged it "superior to any harbor that I have met in any of the islands of this ocean. It has the advantage over most of them in that a ship can sail in and out, with the reigning trade wind."

No sooner anchored, the ships were crowded with South Sea islanders, whom curiosity alone brought on board; but the next morning several canoes arrived from more distant parts with an abundance of breadfruit, coconuts, and a few hogs. These were exchanged for hatchets, nails and beads.

Cook's ships were the first European vessels to ever visit this idyllic port of call.